Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009,and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He is the current County Governor of Vestland,having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019.
Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. He served as a politician representing the Liberal Party. He was the 8th prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Ingolf Elster Christensen was a Norwegian jurist,military officer,county governor,and Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party.
Johan Collett Falsen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
Karl Seip was a Norwegian priest and educator,who also served as the Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1908 to 1909.
Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup was a Norwegian bishop and politician. Born into a prominent local family and well-educated,Jakob followed in the footsteps of his father Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and his uncle Johan Sverdrup by pursuing both a theological and political life. He served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament between 1877 and 1898,and was a cabinet member on several occasions. Originally a member of the Liberal Party,he later joined the Moderate Liberal Party,having partially been the cause of the split that formed the Moderate Liberal Party. He has been referred to as "one of the most controversial figures in modern Norwegian history".
Åge Starheim is a Norwegian politician,formerly for the Progress Party.
John Utheim was a Norwegian teacher and politician for the Liberal Party.
Christian Ulrik Kastrup was a Norwegian jurist,military officer and politician.
Events in the year 1905 in Norway.
Bjarte Erling Eikeset was a Norwegian lawyer,judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Ivar Lykke Falch Lind was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.
Kristian Lien was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
Nils L. Landmark was a Norwegian jurist,farmer and politician.
Jens Lauritz Arup Seip was a Norwegian historian originally trained as a medieval historian,but stood out as the strongest of his time in interpreting Norwegian political history in the 1800s,particularly known for having created the term "embedsmannsstaten". He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1952 to 1975,he specialized in political history and the history of ideas. He was married to fellow historian Anne-Lise Seip. Seip's use of the Norwegian language and his writing style which numerous historians have described as brilliant,and often tried emulating. Seip was included among the 16 authors of " The Norwegian literary canon" from 1900 to 1960 and 2nd among 20 authors in a ranking of nonfiction writers conducted by Dagbladet in 2008. Seip received an honorary doctorate at the University of Bergen from 1975.
Andreas Martin Seip was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
Hans Tostrup was a Norwegian politician,civil servant and government official.
Sveinung Rotevatn is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. Rotevatn comes from Nordfjordeid,Sogn og Fjordane,and has a master's degree in law from the University of Bergen. He served as Minister of Climate and the Environment from 2020 to 2021. Prior to that,he served as a state secretary at the same department from 2018 to 2020 under then minister Ola Elvestuen.
Anders Matias Abrahamsen Lothe was a Norwegian teacher,newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.
Anfin Øen was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Liberal and Agrarian parties.
